On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 11:23, David Berg wrote: > I'm trying to write a for loop that descends into a list of > directories and runs a command. I can't seem to get the quoting right > though. Most of the directories have spaces and they are making > things difficult for me. Here is what I have: > > for DIR in dir\ 1 dir\ 2 dir\ 3; do > cd $DIR > pwd > cd .. > done > > The spaces in $DIR aren't escaped. > > Any help, including a pointer to the relevant part of TFM, is much > appreciated.
cd "$DIR" --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
